Two quilty day trips this week cut into my sewing time, but they were so much fun I didn't mind at all. First, on Tuesday, I went south of Greenville, SC to Fountain Inn for a presentation to the Busy Bees Quilt Guild. I did my Scrap Dancing program complete with trunk show. The ladies …
Category: Quilting
Yellow and Grey Bee Quilt
Last February, at our sleep-at-home retreat, I started making half square triangles for a yellow and grey quilt with bees and honey fabrics. I thought using the less desirable prints in smaller bits would showcase the others nicely. So, I made a bunch of HSTs. Then I sewed them in pairs, intending to make pinwheel …
Sunday Chat – Retreat, Garden, Stamping
Our guild recently held a retreat for 11 members at Febuary Hill in Jonesborough, Tennessee, run by the owner of Tennessee Quilts. We booked several days to sew, and chat, and eat, and shop. Some of us met for lunch before the retreat began, and we drove up at the same time. Arriving in the …
Christmas in July Quilt Along Embellishing
When we left off, the base was constructed, and all that remained was the embellishment. Today, I'll show you some ideas to spark your own creativity. First, finish the binding on the base. Then, you can add 25 buttons to make an advent calendar so you can hang small ornaments. I placed all white ones …
Sunday Chat
Our goldfinches have been here about twice a day lately for easy meals. The whole flock stops by at once and it is fun to watch them vie for position and argue with each other. Here, nine of them are on the feeder at once. Then, there were four more on the ground in this …
Quick Table Topper Free Pattern
What can I do with all these scraps? Have you ever looked at a pile of fabric bits and thought that? This quick table topper can help use up a few, and you can make it in any theme you want. For Christmas in July, I pulled Christmas scraps and set to work. The one …
Christmas in July Sew Along – Week 2
Today we'll finish the piecing and do the quilting on the Christmas in July wall hanging. When we left off, there were two pieces ready to add borders. I used strips 2-1/2-inches wide of a dark background border. Begin by adding borders to the top and sides of the tree section. On the pocket piece, …
Christmas In July Sew Along
It's week 1 of our sew/quilt along, and I have designed a small wall hanging that I've been wanting to make for some time. Have you seen those fun art pieces using broken jewelry? I have a lot of that, and designed this piece to use them. Don't worry, if you don't have any broken …
Christmas In July Starts Today
Maybe it is the heat outside, but thinking about winter is a pleasant prospect for me right now. There are so many things we could play with for Christmas projects, some in fabric, some in paper, and some with a glue gun. A lot of bloggers are doing Christmas In July posts now, so let's …
Christmas in July is Coming
I made good progress on the Christmas projects this week, so I think we are good to go for a Christmas in July sew along starting on Tuesday, July 16th and running on Tuesdays for three weeks. I'll also have some additional Christmas theme posts from Sunday the 14th through the end of the month …
From My Carolina Home 